Iowa high school boys' basketball rankings: Cedar Falls, Ballard are No. 1 teams in final AP poll

Cedar Falls and Huxley Ballard are your final No. 1 teams in boys' basketball at the two highest classes.

The final Associated Press poll of the season was released Monday, with CF (17-0) receiving seven of the 10 first-place votes in Class 4A. That places the Tigers at the top spot, followed by Waukee (11-2), which got the other three first-place votes.

Ames moved up to third, followed by Council Bluffs Lincoln (17-4) at fourth and a three-way tie for fifth between Dubuque Hempstead (15-4), West Des Moines Valley (15-4) and Pleasant Valley (17-4).

Cedar Rapids Kennedy dropped out of the 4A poll after a 78-48 loss last week to Cedar Falls.

Ballard (20-1) is the top-ranked team in Class 3A, receiving seven first-place votes. Monticello (19-0), the only unbeaten team in the class, got the other first-place votes and is second.

Western Dubuque (15-4) is seventh and Solon (19-2) eighth.

Below are the entire rankings. First-place votes are in parentheses.

CLASS 4A Record Pts Prv

1. Cedar Falls (7) 17-0 97 1

2. Waukee (3) 11-2 78 3

3. Ames 15-3 69 5

4. Council Bluffs Lincoln 17-4 59 4

5. (tie) Dubuque Hempstead 15-4 56 6

... Pleasant Valley 17-3 56 7

... West Des Moines Valley 15-4 56 2

8. Ankeny Centennial 13-4 26 10

9. Ottumwa 15-5 14 NR

10. Des Moines Hoover 12-4 12 NR

Others receiving votes: West Des Moines Dowling 9, Johnston 6, Cedar Rapids Kennedy 6, Des Moines North 3, Davenport North 2, Indianola 1

CLASS 3A Record Pts Prv

1. Huxley Ballard (7) 20-1 97 1

2. Monticello (3) 19-0 90 2

3. Carroll 20-2 74 4

4. Dallas Center-Grimes 17-3 63 3

5. Pella 19-2 61 5

6. Glenwood 19-2 52 6

7. Western Dubuque 15-4 37 7

8. Solon 19-2 31 8

9. Clear Lake 19-2 16 9

10. Davenport Assumption 15-6 11 10

Others receiving votes: Le Mars 8, Mount Vernon 6, Clear Creek Amana 3, Atlantic 1

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